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Plate tectonics review
1. For each of the following label the type of boundary and describe the land feature formed.
Picture
Type of Boundary
Land Feature Formed
O-C
2.
Which of the following features is found along divergent plate boundaries?
a. Folded mountains b. ocean trenches
c. island arcs
d. mid-ocean ridges
3. The process by which tectonic plate move apart at mid-ocean ridges is called:
a. Sea floor spreading b. subduction
c. reverse faulting
d. isostatic rebound
4. Scientists believe that Earth’s tectonic plates move because of ______________.
a. Volcanic eruptions at the plates edges
b. Earthquakes in Earth’s crust
c.
The slow shrinking and cooling of Earth
d. Convection currents in Earth’s mantle
5. On the picture below:
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Circle where land is being destroyed

Put a box around land being created.
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Put an arrow where the newest land
is located.
Convection: ________________________________________________________________________________________
6. Fill in the blanks in the following picture using the words more and less.
7. Scientists think that convection currents flow in Earth's
a. continents
b. mantle
c. lithosphere
d. inner core
8. On the map below, circle a divergent plate boundary. (LOOK AT THE ARROWS)
9. On the map below, draw a square around a convergent plate boundary. (LOOK AT THE ARROWS)
10. List five pieces of evidence for
Wegener’s Continental Drift Theory.
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(Review from 6th grade)
Define Weathering: ___________________________________________________________________________
Define Erosion: _______________________________________________________________________________
Define Deposition: ____________________________________________________________________________
11. What is the contour interval?
______________________________
12. About how high above sea level is Mountain A?
______________________________
13. About how high is Mountain B?
_______________________________
14. Which mountain has the highest elevation? ___________
15. Is the east slope or west slope of Mountain B steeper?
__________________________________________________
16. In which direction does the river flow? _______________
17. Predict how the land would change if the flow of water in
the river continued to increase. _________________________
___________________________________________________
18. Contour lines on a topographic map connect points that
have ____________.
a. equal elevation
c. equal rainfall
b. the same rock type
d. equal air pressure
19.
View the satellite photo of a coastline below.
The picture is dated 2010, and the
line that has been drawn represents the location of the coastline in 1990.
What has happened to the coastline of this area?
Predict what the coastline will look like in another 20 years if present conditions
continue.